Uttar Pradesh slums
28 February 2011
An extract from the Times of India
The United Nation Development Programme's India Urban Poverty Report 2009 has pegged the number of slum dwellers in Uttar Pradesh at 44 lakh.
The sample survey, which was conducted under the 58th round of the National Sample Survey Organisation, also suggests that UP is next only to Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, where 1.2 crore and 52 lakh urban poor are apparently living.
Source: Times News Network, Lucknow
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